Opposition says more about city’s powers than it does about giant retail chain

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Customers at a Walmart in Methuen. The chain’s efforts to open a Boston store have met with resistance.

August 11, 2013

Shirley Leung hit it out of the ballpark with her Aug. 2 Business column “It’s time to say yes to Walmart.” In fact, her words speak more about the powers that be (and that would be) at both City Hall and in the neighborhoods than it does about the behemoth from Bentonville, Ark.

This city welcomes Target with open arms but pushes Walmart away. The wages and benefits of both stores are not all that different.